“I had heard reports about you, but now my eyes have seen you.” Job 42:5 After we lost our daughter, I found myself face to face with the G-word…well, it was more like one of those scenes, where I said to Grief, “You. Me. Outside. Now.” I had planned to confront it head on and …
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Recently, friends of ours have shared specific prayers that they have prayed for my husband and me. Years ago, they prayed fervently and often for us to come to know Jesus and have a relationship with Him. They even wrote our names on the floor of our church, underneath the main worship center, crying out …
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Nicole Stickane Each new year typically symbolizes a fresh start and a new perspective. For our family, the year 2017 lived up to that expectation for our family, but in a way that was very different than we had ever expected. This is our story. On January 1st, we took our youngest child, Luke, to …
Are you standing firm in your parenting, consistent and resolute, or unsteady and unreliable? What about in marriage – how do you react when you feel frustrated, exhausted, or don’t feel you have been adequately loved by your spouse? Do you find that you waver between discouragement, anger, sadness, or even shame? How do you …
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Kelli Turner I’ve always considered myself to be a faithful person. I believe in God and I have always tried to live a godly life. And then my daughter died unexpectedly. Her name was Emma, and she was a beautiful, independent, sometimes stubborn 16 month old blonde haired, blue-eyed girl. She was mine and my husband’s …
As I began to think about the word “faith” and what to say about it that might be encouraging, I’ll be honest and say that I felt a little stuck. I couldn’t think of why the Lord gave me this word to write about…it seemed like I was the wrong messenger. I said a quick …
Megan Nunley Let me start off first by introducing myself. My name is Megan. I have been married to a wonderful man, Aaron, for 11 years now and we have two beautiful boys, Parker and Fisher. The story you are about to read starts about two years ago. My husband and I knew very …
Leah Combs Last week you read about how the Lord altered Leah’s adoption dreams into an opportunity to love locally. Find out how God continued to weave together the lives of broken people into a beautiful masterpiece! Baby Caleb After adopting Judah in November of 2015 and knowing his brother would not be joining us, …
Leah Combs Part 1 My husband Rusty and I only dated and were engaged for 8 months, but in that time we both had in our hearts that adoption was something the Lord had called us to do. Initially, we had thought that Africa would be the place that would provide the pitter-patter of little …
Several weeks ago, as our EbCo Team was signing up for our Encourage posts, God put the word “abide” on my heart. Originally, our schedule had me writing this the week after Thanksgiving, but some things needed to be moved around, and this assignment got pushed up. I can’t help but see God’s divine timing …
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